Portable electric lighting fixture



C. A. PIERSON PORTABLE ELECTRIC LIGHTING FIXTURE" Filed March 12, 1955 iii Patented Mar. 17, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Charles A. Pierson,

Toledo, Ohio, assignor to The Standard Electric Stove Company,

Toledo,

Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application March 12, 1935, Serial No. 10,662

1 Claim.

This invention relates to portable electric fixtures, and is more particularly directed to a portable lighting unit to be used in connection with a range.

The invention has for its primary object the provision of improved and simplified means tohold a lighting fixture in place on a narrow projection without danger of displacement, and without the use of thumbscrews and other extraneous fastening elements.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the description proceeds, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lighting fixture in place on a range in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation, with parts broken away, of the fixture in position; Fig. 3 is a rear view of the device, with a part broken away; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional detail view of the top assembly, and Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawing, the lighting fixture includes a shade l of any suitable material, fixed at the rear side to an upright member 2 by means of bolts 3 and spacing washers 4. Obviously, any known fastening means may be used to connect the shade and the upright 2. A conventional lamp socket 5 is fixed in the shade I and is adapted to be connected to any suitable source of electrical supply by means of a conduit 6, which is trained through a hole I in the rear wall of the shade I.

As shown in Fig. 5, the upright 2 is U-shaped in cross-section and, when assembled, mates with a second upright member 8, also U-shaped in cross-section. The two members define a box-like volume in which the conduit 6 is disposed. The rearmost upright 8 terminates short of the lower end of the front upright 2, so that the conduit 6 emerges from between the two at the lower end of the member 8, as shown in Fig. 3. At its upper end the rear wall of the upright 8 is bent forwardly to points adjacent the upright 2 so as to close off the top of the assembly and protect the wiring. The two upright parts are held in mated relation by a bolt l extending from the inside of the shade I, through the uprights.

The upright 2, for the purpose of detachably mounting the fixture, for instance on the upstanding edge portion ll of a range, is provided on its front side intermediate its ends with a hanger I2 of hook-shape adapted to be engaged over the supporting member, as illustrated. The hanger I2, in the present instance, is of inverted U-form with one leg fixedly attached to the front side of the upright 2. To hold the fixture in position and prevent accidental displacement of the hanger member, a weight M is fixed to the lower end of the upright 2 at its rear side, at a point below the hanger I2. It will thus be seen that the center of gravity of the entire fixture is brought well below and to the rear of the hanger, so that the fixture has no tendency to tip when hung on a support. A suitable lug l may be provided on the inner or forward side of the weight 14 to hold the lower end of the upright in proper spaced relation to the article on which the fixture is mounted.

In use, the fixture is simply slipped over the back of a range with the range-back received in the b ight of the U-shaped hanger, and the conduit 6 connected to any source of electrical supply. It will be noted that there is a complete absence of spring clamps, wing nuts, and other extraneous fastening devices which either require special drilling in their attachment, or mar the finish of the stove.

While the invention has been shown and described in connection with a range, it will be understood that in its broader aspect it is applicable toa variety of uses, and that numerous modifications and changes may be made in the form and disposition of the parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is:

In a fixture of the class described, an upright substantially U-shaped in cross-section, a mating upright having a similar cross-section cooperating with said first upright to form a hollow standard, one of said uprights extending beyond the other in a lengthwise direction, an electrical device carried by said standard at its upper end and disposed forwardly thereof whereby the weight of said device is centered on one side of said standard, a hook-shaped hanger member carried on the forward side of said standard intermediate its ends to engage a narrow supporting surface, a counterweight carried by the longer of said uprights having its mass centered below and behind the hanger member to overcome the tendency of the electrical device to unbalance the fixture, and an electrical conduit disposed in said hollow standard and entering at a point below the end of the shorter upright whereby the conduit is concealed at least above the level of said hanger member.

CHARLES A. PIERSON. 

